In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all
that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the holy
Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

He presented himself
alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking
about the kingdom of God.

While meeting with them, he enjoined them
not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for "the promise of the Father about which you have
heard me speak; for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the holy
Spirit."

When they had gathered together they asked him, "Lord, are
you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" He answered them, "It is not for you to
know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority.

But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up,
and a cloud took him from their sight.

While they were looking
intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them.

They said, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at
the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you
have seen him going into heaven."

Psalms 47(46):2-3.6-7.8-9.

All you peoples,
clap your hands; shout to God with cries of gladness. For the LORD, the Most High, the
awesome, is the great king over all the earth.

For king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise.
God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne.

Letter to the Ephesians
1:17-23.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him.

May the eyes of (your) hearts be enlightened, that you may know what
is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy
ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, in accord with the
exercise of his great might, which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at
his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and
every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come.

And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all
things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every
way.

Holy Gospel
of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 16:15-20.

Jesus appeared
to the Eleven and said to them: "Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not
believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive
out demons, they will speak new languages.

They will pick up
serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will
lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

So then the Lord
Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked
with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs.)

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